Lord Chronicle

Chapter 61 The Magic Doll
"Well, you did a good job." The female dragon lying on the pile of gold coins looked over and over at the few things in her paws, and finally nodded with satisfaction.

"Hey, as long as you're satisfied, it took me a lot of work to get it." Sol rubbed his hands and smiled charmingly.

As he spoke, he pointed to several large boxes beside him: "This is the gold coin I owe you..."

The box contained several million gold coins that Sol owed Elebena for no apparent reason. Although he was absolutely unwilling, Sol also knew that he owed the female dragon even if there was only one gold coin.After a night of struggle last night, he finally reluctantly spent the money from the territory's funds. One-third of the 1000 million he finally earned from the Nether Crystal went away in a blink of an eye, and his heart was bleeding.

The money was so much that Sol had to let the winged horse transport it out of the dragon's lair three times, and summoned the snake demon Xiaomei to move it in.At this time, Reed, the treasurer of the territory, was vomiting blood because of the disappearance of such a large sum of money for no reason.

"This isn't a dragon, it's just an oversized vampire. Anyone who has anything to do with this woman will be squeezed until there is not a drop of juice left." Sol couldn't stop cursing in his heart.

Elebena naturally didn't know the twists and turns in Saul's heart.In fact, seeing those boxes for the first time, the pair of longan burst out with a bright light of greed.

She stretched out her paws and opened several boxes at the same time. The golden coins inside were all rolled up into the air, and gathered in one place like a tide, rushing towards the gold mountain under Elebena.

Amidst the sound of Ding Ling's clanging and melodious impact of gold coins, the mother dragon spread her limbs and lay down on the enlarged pile of gold coins with great enjoyment, letting countless gold coins sprinkle on her body, with an expression of incomparable happiness.

At the same time, her dragon tail rolled up a gold coin and bit it in her mouth. Seeing the deep tooth marks on the gold coin, Elebena was very satisfied with the fineness of the gold coin.

"You did a good job this time, but don't be proud, you will continue to work hard in the future, you know?" After a long while, she raised her head buried in the gold coins and said like a boss admonishing a younger brother.

"Yes, yes, I will continue to work hard." Thor nodded again and again, in front of this female dragon, he completely lost his temper.

After a pause, he tentatively said, "Then..."

"Don't worry, our dragons are very reasonable. You have found everything, and I won't trouble you again this year." Elebena rolled over comfortably on the golden mountain, and her long and elegant dragon neck stretched out. In front of Sol: "However, remember to get all the things on the list for me next year."

Although Elebena has deliberately suppressed Long Wei, facing the blue dragon that is close at hand, Sol is still frightened.He said dryly: "I, I know..."

"Okay, let's go." Elebena shook her paw and sighed in a low voice: "I can't sleep for the past two days, I have to recalculate the number of this pile of gold coins..."

Thor heaved a sigh of relief. To be honest, he really didn't want to stay for a minute longer. After another salute, he turned and left.

Unexpectedly, before he had walked a few steps, Elebena called him suddenly, and said warmly: "By the way, I seem to have heard that you made a lot of money in the capital."

Sol was immediately on the highest alert: "What do you ask this for?"

There was a sly expression on the mother dragon's face: "It's nothing, I just asked, oh hehehehe..."

For no reason, Sol felt a chill all over his body, as if something bad would happen soon.How dare he stay any longer, so he quickly slipped away.

Unfortunately, he didn't hear the mother dragon muttering to herself: "I have to find a way to get other gold coins..."

After leaving the dragon's lair, Sol took a few breaths of fresh air vigorously, and his beating heart gradually calmed down.My god, dealing with this female dragon is more tiring than getting rid of orcs.

Beside the winged horse outside the cave, Jessica was waiting for him and asked, "Are you done?"

Sol sighed: "It's over, a few million gold coins are so cheap for that female dragon. Why am I so unlucky, she chose to make a nest on the edge of my territory."

Jessica persuaded: "Okay, don't be angry. The technicians of the Magician's Guild are going to assemble the dolls today, and everyone is still waiting for you to go back and perform the soul branding ceremony."

Saul nodded helplessly, and he and Jessica got on the winged horse and soared into the air.Finally, he took another look at the bottomless dragon's cave beneath him, and secretly swore that next year he would find a way to find all those things, and he would never come to the back mountain in his life.

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It has been half a month since Sol returned to Lowell. The news that he successfully sent to the Orc Empire, was rewarded by the king and promoted to earl had already been sent back to the territory.No lord since Lovell's founding had ever received such a high honor, so he received a hero's welcome throughout the realm.

Vince was so excited that he burst into tears, deeply feeling that the young master had lived up to the expectations of the old lord, and that Lovell had finally flourished in his hands.

However, Sol obviously couldn't continue to be idle, and the territorial affairs accumulated during his absence soon flooded up, and dealing with official documents for several days in a row almost killed him.Fortunately, with the help of Jessica, a skilled domestic affairs expert, otherwise, the first earl in Lovell's history would definitely be exhausted to death.

In addition to being busy, Sol often sighs: I want to work hard and develop Lovell; but I also want to spend the rest of my life comfortably; why can't I have both?
However, with the support of a large amount of money, during this period of time, Lovell was full of construction scenes, road construction, house renovation, and warehouse construction... Among them, the happiest thing was Dwarf Manson, the engineering captain appointed by Sol. The dwarf's natural enthusiasm for architecture has been brought to the extreme.

At the same time, with the support of Saul, the shrewd Reed quickly organized a caravan and quickly launched foreign trade.With the help of the best passes from the four major chambers of commerce, the Lowell caravan is expanding at an astonishing speed, and soon he managed to reach several territories.

Against such a background, every Lowell person burst out with great vitality, and everyone was smiling, delighted at the changes brought about by the lord.In this regard, Jessica is very happy every day, and takes a tolerant attitude towards Sol's occasional fluff.

And yesterday, the technicians sent by the Magician's Guild finally arrived.Reid spent a lot of money to buy it back, and the magic doll used to protect the territory will start to assemble today.Lovell had never seen such a high-end product since its establishment. For this reason, almost the residents of the entire town were dispatched, wanting to experience the magic of magic for the first time.

When Sol and Jessica returned to the town, the open space outside the town where Sol used to experiment with the waterwheel was already full of people.Manson was busy assembling the last part of the doll, while two technicians from the Magician's Guild were adjusting the magic circle used to activate the doll.

Seeing him, all the residents burst into cheers from the bottom of their hearts.Sol smiled and waved to everyone, and at the same time he felt emotional: It feels good to be loved.

"Sol, are you here?" Suddenly, his arms tightened, and someone hugged him.

No need to look, Saul knows who it is.Sure enough, Kafir's flowery smile appeared in front of his eyes, and the girl's soft body was tightly pressed against his arm.

"Ahaha, Kafir, you're here too." Sol hesitated, and at the same time glanced at Jessica with a wry smile. The latter snorted and turned his head to ignore him.

If it was the silent war between the two women, Kafir and Jessica, that caused Saul more headaches during these days than the mountain of political affairs.

When he first came to Lowell, the kind-hearted Lowell people quickly accepted this beautiful and lovely girl.In addition, Kafir is the only priest in the territory, and now he has been transferred from a battle priest to a medical priest of Lovell. These days, he has cured many residents' diseases and is loved by everyone.

At the same time, her two older brothers also found their respective positions. Lesta is now the combat instructor of the Lowell garrison, responsible for training the newly recruited garrison members; Dylan joined the scout team and became Yada's deputy.The two former robbers have gradually integrated into Lovell's peaceful and fun-filled life
But at the same time, Kafir, who regards himself as Sol's fiancee, pesters her "future husband" whenever he gets a chance, which makes Jessica very dissatisfied.So in Kafir's eyes, this fiery red-haired woman was immediately upgraded to a highly dangerous rival in love, and the two women often confronted each other, which made Sol, who was caught in the middle, in a dilemma and miserable.

"Sol, can you come to my place for dinner tonight? Brother Dylan caught a three-tailed rabbit from the mountain this morning." Ignoring Jessica's white eyes, Kafir said to himself.

Before Sol could answer, Jessica said with a cold face, "I'm sorry, the lord has business to attend to."

"You're afraid that Saul will be with me, right?" Kafir wrinkled his lovely nose.

"Joke, why should I be afraid?" Jessica said angrily.

Kafir retorted without showing any weakness: "Who knows, otherwise why wouldn't you let Sol go?"

"you…"

Seeing that the two were about to quarrel again, Sol hurried to smooth things over: "Stop arguing, everyone should value peace. Kafir, do you think this is good? Jessica and I will come tonight, and we will eat together..."

"Hmph!" Unexpectedly, before the words were finished, the two women snorted coldly and turned their heads away at the same time.

"Not interested in!"

"I do not want!"

"..., it's fine if you don't make noise, it's fine if you don't make noise..." What else could Sol say?I can only laugh.

These days, he has seen this kind of situation countless times. Anyway, in the end, it is always him, the object of competition, who is unlucky.

"Lord, the puppet is ready." Just when Sol was in a dilemma, Manson, who was sweating profusely, stood up.

These two magic dolls are specially made by the dwarves, and they are extremely complicated. Even with Manson's precise grasp of the craftsmanship, it took more than half a day.

"Hahahaha, God helped me too, look quickly." As if grabbing a life-saving straw, Sol quickly diverted the attention of the two women.

At this moment, what appeared in front of everyone were two huge dolls that were three meters tall and made of all steel.Even though they were just lying there quietly, the perfect combination of the strength of steel and exquisite craftsmanship can still make people easily feel the amazing scene of the two dolls after they move.

"Oh..." The crowd involuntarily exclaimed. The children hid behind their parents in fear, but couldn't help poking their heads out curiously.

Even Jessica and Kafir forgot to be angry for a while, and stared at these two perfect works of art.

"Lord, can we start?" A magician came over and asked.

"Well, we can start." Sol nodded.

Manson directed the people to move the two puppets into the drawn magic circle, the crowd retreated, and two magic technicians stood on the left and right side of the magic circle, and began to chant spells.

"Soul branding" is a very important ceremony for starting the magic doll. As the name suggests, it is to give souls to two lifeless dolls, so that the steel dolls can have preliminary intelligence and start to exert their abilities.

The soul endowment of magic dolls has always been one of the top secrets of the Magician Guild. People only know that after a series of magic blessings, there will be some changes with the magic crystal in the doll, so that the doll can start to move and obey A simple order from the master.

As a series of spells were uttered, the magic circle on the ground began to emit a faint light, and the white halo extended along the doll's body like waves, and gradually spread throughout their bodies.

A magician motioned for Sol to come forward, and Thor knew that this was a "recognition of the Lord" ceremony.Through the magic circle, the two dolls will determine a master, and only obey the orders of the master.

These two puppets cost Sol's money, so he naturally did his part.However, he was always wary of this kind of thing that violated science. Sol hesitated for a while before stepping forward under Jessica's urging.

However, the master recognition ceremony was unexpectedly simple. The magic technician only asked Sol to touch the eyebrows of the two dolls to complete it.So far, only Sol has the final command over the two puppets, and they will act according to the judgment of their own intelligence and the orders issued in advance on weekdays.

As the halo of the magic circle gradually dimmed, under the amazed eyes of everyone, the two puppets began to move little by little.First move the joints, and then try to prop up the body. Amidst a burst of creaking metal friction, the two three-meter-high all-steel dolls just climbed up.

"Wow..." The onlookers retreated in a big circle in fright, and all looked up at the two big guys with horror on their faces.

Sol stood the closest, and he was quite frightened, especially when the shadows of the two puppets completely enveloped him, there was a sense of oppression that could be suppressed at any time.However, as a lord, it is natural to lead by example, especially in this kind of time when everyone is watching, so even though his legs were trembling secretly, he insisted on not moving.

It was the two magic technicians who watched everyone's reactions with disdain.A small place is a small place, and I don't have any knowledge at all, so I'm so afraid of it.You know, this is the latest research result of the great Magicians Guild.

But obviously, the name of the Magicians Guild is not in vain.The two puppets did not move further, but knelt in front of Sol in unison, apparently confirming him as the master.

Sol carefully tapped left and touched right: "They...are they really willing to listen to me?"

"Of course, this is the latest doll from our Wizards Guild. It is far superior to the current iron doll in terms of intelligence and sturdiness. Currently, only two of these dolls have been made. Otherwise, how could we get it in Freetown? Auctioned on the black market." A magician said proudly, and at the same time secretly felt that these two precious dolls fell into the hands of these bumpkins.

"Then stand up." Thor ordered.

Without any hesitation, the two dolls stood up.After a moment of running-in, their movements have become very soothing, except for some mechanical clicking sounds, there is no hindrance at all.

"Squat down." Saul said again.

The two dolls squatted down as told.

Seeing these two behemoths at his mercy like puppies, the townspeople on the side were both amazed and envious, and their gazes made Sol even more proud.

"Turn around, jump three times, and do a handstand for me to see."

Two Magic Technicians: Absolutely should not sell to this bastard...

Just as the townspeople on the side were laughing heartlessly, they heard a loud bang, as if something exploded behind the crowd.

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The sound of the explosion immediately attracted everyone's attention. When people turned their heads, they saw a flame rising into the air with thick smoke behind a forest not far away, followed by a faint crashing sound.

Although the explosion was violent, the residents of Lowell town present did not show any fear. Instead, they were laughing and laughing, as if they had encountered something very interesting.

"Haha, Hitches' lab exploded again."

"This seems to be the fifth time, Manson is busy again."

"I don't know what kind of magical magic this time is. In the future, I must invite him to demolish the house."

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Amidst the laughter of the people, Sol and Jessica glanced at each other, and they both saw helplessness in each other's eyes.

Speaking of Hitches, he is currently one of the more troublesome characters for the lord Sol.This crappy magician who came to Lovell to eat, somehow managed to recruit a few apprentices from the town, claiming to train them.

Although he was very skeptical about his half-baked level, Sol was fascinated for a while, and he really believed his words.You must know that the Wizards Guild is not so easy to enter, and Sol really wanted to recruit a few mages for Lovell, so with the idea of ​​giving it a try, he allocated some funds to Hitches as research funds.

Unexpectedly, this is the beginning of the nightmare. Hitches' level is very bad, but when he really started to conduct research, people didn't know how bad he was.The laboratory that Manson led the engineering team carefully built for him was destroyed by a thunderstorm on the third day.

In the spirit of research always paying a price, Sol immediately allocated funds to build a second one, but it turned into a pile of ruins that night.Then it was blown up and repaired, and the laboratory was destroyed four times in just half a month. In the end, even the dwarves who pursued perfect architecture were afraid of him, so they built a wooden house hastily.

But it's really strange, this guy Hitches is extremely bad, but his life is not small.Every magical accident that was enough to completely level the laboratory could not hurt him at all, which directly led to Sol yelling that this kind of idiot is worse than dead, and at the same time he had to pay for rebuilding again and again.

Sure enough, following a burst of yelling, a few children wearing ill-fitting apprentice robes temporarily sewn by the tailor in the town ran over from the woods with the help of the disheveled Hitches.Needless to say, he remained unscathed this time.

Sometimes Sol is very puzzled, what do the parents of those children think?How could he be willing to hand over his son to Hitches, a guy who disregarded human life? He didn't know why he died someday.However, the noble profession of a magician is indeed unimaginably attractive to ordinary people. Who made Lovell so remote and backward?
"Cough, cough, cough..." Hitches coughed on the ground with a black and gray face, and muttered to himself strangely: "It's strange, it should be a series of lightning, but why did it produce a series of fireballs?"

"Hitches, are you alright?" "Is the laboratory ruined again?" "What kind of magic are you going to do next time?"

People surrounded him with smiles, and couldn't help amusing the embarrassed Hitches.Although Hitches often failed and often destroyed buildings, the open-minded Lovells did not express disgust. This is probably why Sol can continue to tolerate him.

"It was an accident. I will definitely succeed next time." Hitches replied seriously.

There was another burst of laughter at his words.

"Hey, what's that?" Suddenly, he noticed the two conspicuous dolls standing behind the crowd.

"That's the magic doll that the lord bought from the capital to protect the territory." Someone replied.

"The magic is so powerful that it can actually bring the iron man back to life. Hitches, when did you have such an ability?" Someone said, and people burst into laughter again.

"Oh." Unexpectedly, Hitches seemed not at all interested in the two dolls representing the latest achievements of the Magician Guild, and only glanced at them briefly, then turned and left.

"Hitches, don't you take a look?" Someone shouted behind him.

"I'm going to dig out the experimental notes. My lord, the new laboratory is just for me." Hitches said without turning his head.

"You..." Sol is so angry, this guy is not sent by the enemy to play with me, right?

"Jessica, tell Manson, don't use any wood this time, just use bamboo poles to build a straw shed, and I'll let him fry it." He ordered angrily.

"Okay." Jessica, who is in charge of internal affairs, carried out the order very well, and ordered after pulling Manson.

And Manson nodded again and again, not dissatisfied at all that he, a dwarf, condescended to build a hayloft. It seemed that he was also very afraid of the super destructive Hitches.

However, no one noticed that the two technicians from the Magician's Guild were staring at Hitches' back.

"That person, why does it seem to be..." a technician said.

"Impossible, how could he come to such a place." Another technician shook his head.

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The turmoil of the explosion gradually subsided. Under the guidance of the magician, Sol gave the first order for the two dolls, making them patrol around the edge of Lovell town clockwise and counterclockwise.

Watching the two dolls walk away with slow steps, except for some children who were still chasing and watching them, the others began to gradually disperse.

After calling Kress, he ordered the garrison to formulate a new security plan with the two dolls. Sol was about to leave, but Kafir found the opportunity to stick to it again.

"Sol, remember to come tonight." She shook Sol's arm.

"Uh... ah... this..." Sol looked at her, and then at Jessica with a cold face, feeling very embarrassed.

"Why, you don't seem to want to?" Kafir asked with a smile.

"Ahaha, how could it be? It's just that I suddenly remembered that this winter's grain storage hasn't been counted yet, and I have to go to the granary, so next time." After much hesitation, Sol decided not to offend Jessica.

No way, although Kafir's mace is terrible, who made Jessica his manager?Annoying Kafir was just a temporary threat, and Jessica was only a few days of passive sabotage, and she would be exhausted to death.

Without waiting for Kafir to react, Sol took Jessica's hand and fled.Otherwise, if he was a moment late, he would definitely have to suffer.

"Sol, you..." Kafir was anxious and angry, tears streaming down his face.

"Sister, who bullied you?" Lesta, who was about to lead a group of recruits away, suddenly saw Kafir crying, and wondered if this was okay?Quickly ran over.

"Woooooo, brother, Saul won't come to dinner at night." Kafir couldn't help sobbing while hugging Lesta.

Lesta breathed a sigh of relief, what a big deal I said.He quickly comforted him: "My brother-in-law is the lord, so it's normal to be busy, just invite him next time."

"But he didn't want to come because of that Jessica." The more Kaffir thought about it, the more sad he became, and he just hugged him and cried loudly.

Only then did Lesta panic. He was not afraid of the sky or the earth, but he was afraid that his sister would be wronged.Although it is related to his current big boss this time, no matter how hard it is to deal with him as an older brother, he is obliged to do so.

"That's it..." He scratched his head, his eyes suddenly lit up, and he leaned into Kafir's ear and said, "Sister, brother will teach you a way, if you do this... do it again..."

"Really?" Kafir looked at him in surprise.

"Of course, when did my brother lie to you?" Lesta slapped his chest.

Unexpectedly, before the words fell, a group of recruits immediately booed.

"Hahaha, come on, instructor. Last time you said you would take us to hunt game, but you got stung all over your head by a group of fire poisonous bees."

"Instructors never have good ideas."

"Miss Kafir, tell us what troubles you have, the instructor is simply unreliable."

After being teased by his team members, Lesta's old face flushed red.He flew into a rage: "Shut up, everyone. Are you itchy? Go to the training ground and run 100 laps!"

"Ah, isn't it? Didn't you agree to have a holiday in the afternoon?"

"You are avenging yourself..."

"Hmph, I'm just avenging my own private revenge, how about it?" Lesta grinned grinningly and pulled out his battle axe.

Like chasing ducks, Lesta kicked and kicked the group of miserable recruits to the training ground.At the same time, he still did not forget to turn his head and shout: "Sister, remember what brother said, I promise it will work..."

(End of this chapter)